Yesterday I started work on producing my Sloop on fire model, and hit an immediate snag. The deck of the Sloop is not as deep as a ship of the line and the battery would thus protrude above the main-deck. Also the stem of the earring would put the light up in the rigging.
I solved the first problem by moving the seat of the fire to the Quarter deck where it would just come up flush with the deck when drilled in.
The length of the stem was another matter. To make the circuit a small amount of the copper inner had to be showing below the stainless steel outer sleeve. I could not, therefore, just cut down the stem. Eventually I managed to grip the earring in my vice an by filing the stainless as I rotated the earring with my other hand. I filed away the stainless until I could just see a hint of the copper all round the cut and the pulled the outer off it with a pair of pliers.
Job done.
Rob.
Before and after.
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